21. Ajjhattarammana Tika:
(ii) (1054). What are the dhamma which have objects of thought that
arise externally?
There are mind and mental concomitants which have objects of thought that arise externally.
~These are the dhamma which have objects of thought that arise externally.
(ii) (1437). What are the dhamma which have objects of thought that
arise externally?
There are: meritorious thoughts, resultants, and non-causative action pertaining to the three jhanas or the four jhanas of the Fine Material Sphere; resultant of the Fourth Jhana (of the Fine Material Sphere); 3 jhana thoughts of Infinity of Space; the four Ariya Paths which are Supramundane; and also the four Fruits of the life ofa samana.
~These are the dhamma which have objects of thought that are externally.
Leaving aside Corporeality, there are the (8) meritorious thoughts of the Sensuous Sphere; (12) demeritorious thoughts; (34) resultants which are neither meritorious nor demeritorious; mertorious thoughts and resultants pertaining to the Fourth Jhana of the Fine Material Sphere.
~These are the dhamma which sometimes have objects of thought that arise internally, which sometimes have objects of thought that arise externally, and which sometimes have objects of thought that sometimes arise both internally and externally. Jhana of Nothingness should not be taken as dhamma that have internal objects, or that have external objects, or that have both internal and external objects.
Corporeality and Nibbana are dhamma which do not attend to any objevt.